Chapter 739 Infrastructure

As he said that, Yang Jing took out a box.

When I opened the box, there were some small iron sticks. The iron sticks were about the thickness of chopsticks, but they were much longer than chopsticks. In addition to the small iron trap, there were also some thick copper wires and thin silver wires.

Seeing that the emperor was picking up the things in the box, Wang Chengen hurried over to serve them. These things were very stupid, and Wang Chengen was afraid that the emperor would start to take action.

"This is what I call steel and iron bones... I have thought about it. If cement alone cannot afford to build such a tall building, I am afraid that I have to add steel and iron bones to this cement..." Yang Jing said with a smile. Yang Jing knew nothing about concrete construction. What I could know was that steel bars had to be used to build a house.

"Reinforced steel bars..." Sun Yuanhua asked in confusion.

"Yes, I have thought about why people can stand up? Can they run or jump? Instead of piles of meat? This is because people have bones. The meat is attached to the bones, and the bones support people. Therefore, people are not piled up with a pile of meat... So, similarly, they poured a Monument of the Mantan with cement. I think it's not possible. This Monument of the Mantan must have bones.... The only thing that can be harder than stones in the world is steel..." Yang Jinge said.

"What Your Majesty said is very much..." Sun Yuanhua began to consider the feasibility of what the emperor said. Cement is still a new thing after all, and there is no mature application technology.

"... However, Your Majesty, I don't have any experience in this area. Now, I'm afraid it's all about exploring. Besides, this Rentan Monument is really important, and I can't use such unsure methods on Rentan Monument. I think it's better to find a place to try it. After having experience, I can use it to build Rentan Monument. This may be more appropriate..." Sun Yuanhua was also an outsider about building buildings with steel bars and cement. He knew nothing about it, and he had never even thought about adding steel bars to cement. But now he has to go to Liangshan, and there is no other way except to repair it. He can only bite the bullet and try it. Therefore, he can only seek an opportunity to experiment first. At least he can't mess up the Rentan Monument. He can't afford this responsibility. If he really can't build a fifty zhang, it's fine if he can't build a thirty zhang. He is sure to build a thirty zhang.

"Yes, the Rentan Monument is of great importance. It is impossible to use technology that has not been verified to repair this monument immediately. I have my own plans for this matter... The Qing family will first see me demonstrate it to you. This is what I have figured out by myself, and it may be useful to the Qing family..." Yang Jingwei didn't plan to talk nonsense. Although he had never worked on the construction site of a high-rise building, he had seen others breaking steel bars and other things. Yang Jingwei was preparing to give Sun Yuanhua all the things he knew and might be able to use. As for how much Sun Yuanhua could understand, this is really not the scope of Yang Jingwei's concern. All that can be given is. Sun Yuanhua will rely on Sun Yuanhua to explore the rest.

Yang Jie picked up the "pliers" and cut the thick copper wire into the same length. Then he rolled the copper wire into the same size of the copper wire on a small square wooden stick.

Yang Jie was very focused on making these things by himself. Yang Jie was very happy to do this kind of manual work by himself. He came to the Ming Dynasty and became the emperor. He didn't pick his shoulders and didn't hold his hands anymore. It was boring to have such an ending for too long. He always had the urge to make something by himself. This time he took this opportunity to "play" himself.

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor with heartache. Seeing that the emperor used "scissors" to cut copper wire and rolled up the copper wire, he wanted to help the emperor do it himself, but he wanted to take this job from the emperor several times, but he failed. He could only watch the emperor busy with work in a hurry.

Sun Yuanhua was a little stunned. The emperor could still play this trick...

After Yang Jing bent a certain number of thick copper wires into a "return" shape, he was ready to start "tipping" the steel wires.

"Comrade, I am holding this iron rod. You tie the copper wire to this iron rod with silver wire..., Note that each iron rod is tied to the corner of the copper wire..." Yang Jie took the iron rod and signaled Wang Chengen to help tie the steel wire.

Wang Chengen had long wanted to take over the work from the emperor. When he heard the emperor's order, he immediately tied up with silver thread and tied up the iron rod at the corner of the copper thread as required by the emperor.

Soon, the small iron rod was almost tied and immediately turned into a three-dimensional "steel frame" structure.

"Look at the Qing family, this is the steel bars and iron bones I have come up with..." Yang Jing proudly fiddled with his handicrafts. He was very proud.

"Your Majesty means that using this as a skeleton, water cement here to make cement columns? In this way, this monument is just a super-large cement column?" Sun Yuanhua saw the "steel frame" formed by the emperor, his eyes immediately shone brightly, and this suddenly opened the door to the world of architecture for Sun Yuanhua.

"Yes, I think that with this steel skeleton, the things poured from the cement can be strong enough. Otherwise, just cement blocks may not be strong enough. It is unlikely to build buildings dozens of feet high by relying entirely on cement." Yang Jie said.

"Your Majesty's words are reasonable..." Sun Yuanhua said, and the emperor's words opened a door for Sun Yuanhua, and Sun Yuanhua was almost completely immersed in this newly discovered world.

"Your Majesty, I understand, I understand..., I have the guidance of Your Majesty, I have been reading for ten years..., Use this steel as the skeleton and then pour it with cement. After the cement is dried, I am afraid that even the cannons can not easily cause any sensation!" A strange building immediately appeared in Sun Yuanhua's mind. These buildings suddenly rose from the ground, growing taller and taller, and finally grew into towering trees, forming a large forest.

"Hahaha, right. Once this thing is built, ordinary methods cannot be verified whether it is solid or not. The Qing family is also responsible for casting cannons. They can try to bombard them with red cannons. They can test whether they are solid or not. If they are solid, it means that this path is right. If it is not solid, it means that if it is not solid, it will see where the problem lies and keep improving..." Yang Jing said with a smile. For the test of reinforced concrete, Yang Jing did not mind using cannons as a means of verification. This is the benefit of the emperor. He can use national power to combine various things that individuals cannot do. For example, ordinary people may not be able to use red cannons to test the strength of reinforced concrete even if they can use cement to repair houses.

"I received the order! After I built it, I will definitely bombard the test with the red cannons..." Sun Yuanhua's eyes shining. The emperor's small "steel frame" had opened a door to another world for him. A new world appeared in front of him. Outsiders could not imagine the ecstasy in his heart. Looking at the emperor, there was more piety.

"...Well, the same thing about this cannon testing is the same thing. You must record the test results in detail, organize the data, and make good comparisons. You must classify the results of different ratios of steel and cement withstand cannon bombardment, so as to obtain the strength of each of these steel and cement. If you want to build it again in the future, use this strength as a standard, which will achieve twice the result with half the effort..." Yang Jingwei said.

"I received the order!" Sun Yuanhua immediately agreed, recording the experimental data and summarizing experience. This is what the emperor has always told him to do, and he has always done a good job. The method of making steel and cement is based on exhaustive methods, and the method of recording experimental data.

"...Your family also learns from me. Let's make a few such 'steel skeletons'. After several skeletons are made and then connecting these skeletons with copper wire, it will surely have unexpected results..." Yang Jie said.

"I received the order!" Sun Yuanhua's eyes were filled with light. When he heard the emperor say, he immediately agreed.

This warm pavilion soon became busy. It was no longer an office space for handling national affairs, but a shed for "tied steel wire", "tied steel bars", and doing handicraft work.

After working hard for a while, a lot of steel frames were tied up.

After these steel bar racks were tied, Yang Jie took the lead and tied the several steel bar racks together with copper wire. So a rectangular "rebar body" made of steel bar racks appeared. This steel bar body is a quadrangle with three layers of shelves.

"No, not bad, something interesting..." Yang Jie nodded constantly at the "rebar body" of the quadrangle.

Sun Yuanhua's eyes were almost straightened. It was originally just a few iron sticks and some copper wires and silver threads, but now it has become a "building" of several stories high. When he thought of filling the shelf with cement... Sun Yuanhua was already smiling.

"...I understand, Your Majesty, if you pour cement on these skeletons, it will be an indestructible building..." Sun Yuanhua's eyes were almost straightened...

Yang Jing did not make a talk, but pushed the "steel structure" that had just been built with his hands. After being promoted by Yang Jing, this steel structure did not collapse, but stood firmly.

"It's quite strong. If cement is poured in, it will be more reliable..." Yang Jingwei said. Regarding how to do a project, Yang Jingwei took out basically everything he knew.

"...Your Majesty, this will almost certainly be more reliable. There is no need to worry about building a monument to the Mantan..." Sun Yuanhua laughed.

"No, I think there are still many problems. The situation may not be as simple as the Qing family thinks..." Yang Jie saw Sun Yuanhua's "star" look on his face, and was afraid that Sun Yuanhua would speak loudly.

"...For example, if the Qing family is sure to make steel bars? The Qing family should know that if I really use steel bars as a skeleton, I'm afraid that a steel bar will be several feet long..." Yang Jing asked worriedly. These are technical issues. Yang Jing is not a technical expert, but he only has a rough understanding of today's metallurgical technology and dare not take the situation too much.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a way to build this steel bar. Your Majesty forgot that I could cast thousands of kilograms or even tens of thousands of kilograms of red barbarian cannons at a time, so how could I not make a steel bar several feet long? I think this steel bar is only relatively long, but in fact, it is not too heavy. Compared with the red barbarian cannon, it is nothing..." Sun Yuanhua explained immediately.

"Oh, is that right? That's good. I heard that casting red cannons will lead to trachoma, and the steel bars cannot have trachoma..." Yang Jie asked.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I don't know, I have a way. Your Majesty forgot that you can make this big internal building, so why can't you make this steel bar?" Sun Yuanhua explained again.

"This is... By the way, there is also this thread. If the steel bars want to tie them together, they must have this thread. Otherwise, if it is a bare iron rod, it may be unstable to tie them..." Yang Jing mentioned another place that he thought was problematic. These are the places that Yang Jing felt were difficult. After all, this was the Ming Dynasty, not later generations. The technology was just starting, and there were many imperfections.

"Your Majesty, this is not a big deal. You can drill holes inside the big inside. There is no problem with carving threads in foreign currency..." Sun Yuanhua smiled and looked relaxed.

"That's good..." Yang Jingjie felt relieved again. Yang Jingjie didn't understand construction projects, and he was not very clear about the craftsmanship level of the Ming Dynasty today. He was always worried. He was relieved when he heard that Sun Yuanhua promised no problem.

"By the way, the Qing family looked at it again. These steel bars were made at most three or five zhang, while the monument might be as high as dozens of zhang. If the steel bars were afraid of being connected, they would be stronger. Can the Qing family solve the connection method of the steel bars?" Yang Jing asked again. This is a welding problem. Later generations had various welding methods such as electric welding machines, and I don't know if the Ming Dynasty could solve it.

"This..." Sun Yuanhua thought about it carefully.

After a while, Sun Yuanhua said: "Your Majesty, I think this is not impossible. If you want to connect the two steel bars, you can use the method of forging and connecting them..." Sun Yuanhua said.

"Forging?" Yang Jie asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, you use fire to burn the places where the steel bars need to be connected red, and then use the inside to beat them to connect them together, which is to forge..." Sun Yuanhua said.

"Oh, that's it! So is this easy to do? When the monument is being built, the steel bars are all vertical, and the steel bars to be connected are also vertical. If you want to beat them, it's afraid it's not easy to deal with..." Yang Jingwei said.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed a bit troublesome..." Sun Yuanhua thought about it and admitted that it was a trouble. He was usually placed flat on an anvil, which was easier to beat, but if it was standing up, it would be difficult to deal with.

Sun Yuanhua thought about it and said, "...but there is no way. You can fold the two ends of the steel bars in one piece, then lay these two pieces flat, and then you can beat them, or bread a piece of steel pipe outside..."

Sun Yuanhua said a compromise.

After hearing this, Yang Jiewei said, "...then the heating of steel is also a problem!"

"...This is indeed a problem, and it requires moving the fire to the monument under construction. This..." Sun Yuanhua said in embarrassment. This is indeed a big problem. Moving the furnace to the monument is really a burden.

"Yes! If you move the stove to the construction site, it is always dangerous... By the way, I don't know if the alcohol blowtorch or the lamp oil blowtorch can work. If you can burn the steel to forge, you may try it. The blowtorch is much smaller and the fire is easier to control..." Yang Jing thought for a while and said this. This may be a last resort, maybe it's OK, maybe it's not.

"Report to Your Majesty, this may be OK, but I have to try it out..." Sun Yuanhua looked at the emperor in surprise, not knowing what to say. The emperor knew more than he did. Perhaps he would be a very good teacher and friend...

"...That's it. The Qing family can experiment first. If it can work, use this method. If it doesn't work, think of his method again..." Yang Jingwei can only hope for good luck now.

"I obey the order!" Sun Yuanhua agreed. At this time, Sun Yuanhua was no longer as "sunshine" as before. The idea of ​​steel and cement was still full of difficulties.

"After all, there is no precedent in this matter, we still have to be cautious... The Qing family tried first, and after verifying the concept of steel and cement, then build a few physical objects to see, and verify whether steel and cement can be used through physical objects, and it is also a way to accumulate experience for building people's world... I have thought about it. The Qing family can start building the simplest steel and cement boards. After having experience, they will start to build steel and cement columns. After the cement columns are built, they will start to use steel and cement to structure more complex structures, such as houses. If steel and cement prove that they can build higher-level houses, then my way of housing in the future will also change greatly. The opportunities in this are immeasurable..." Yang Jing said.

"I understand!" Sun Yuanhua quickly agreed. Use this steel and concrete frame to build a house... If this method is proven to be feasible, then indeed, the Ming Dynasty's construction method will be completely rewritten in the future.

"...I have thought about it. If the Qing family can build steel and concrete columns, I will try to build a lighthouse using steel and concrete construction method. I asked Mr. Han Ge to build the lighthouse in Tianjin. I heard that he is still digging the foundation. I will notify Mr. Han Ge to use steel and concrete to build a lighthouse..." Yang Jie said.

"I received the order..." Sun Yuanhua said again.

"After such an experiment, it is estimated that it will take more than one year. I am now collecting plans and suggestions for the Rentan Monument from all over the world. It can buy you a year and a half for the Qing family. The Qing family must work hard. After a year and a half, the construction of this Rentan Monument will be officially started. Before that, try to accumulate technology as much as possible..." Yang Jingwei said again.

"Report to Your Majesty, I understand, I will receive the order..." Sun Yuanhua agreed, and let go again. The emperor gave him a year and a half of a test time. With such a long test time, he had enough time to test.

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